Episode 3 – Carl Theodor Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc

This is the podcast dedicated to The Criterion Collection. Rudie, Ryan & Travis discuss Criterion News & Rumors, Criterion New Releases, they review & discuss CC #62, Carl Th. Dryer’s 1928 silent film, THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC, plus Criterion Trivia, and ‘Variations of a Theme’; where they discuss other films that relate to the themes of the film they’re reviewing.

This week’s theme is persecution in cinema.

Criterion Trivia Question for the month of August: ‘What star of 1930s French Cinema makes a cameo in THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC?’

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